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10 Things People Who Grew Up With The Internet Will Never Experience · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: Ah from a great year nineteen eighty five, way before
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  Speaker 1: the internet's life was different one oh six point seven
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  Speaker 1: Light at m Cubby Christine and producer Kristen actually just
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  Speaker 1: handed us this fun article here. Yes, ten things people
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  Speaker 1: who grew up with the Internet will never experience. So Christine, yes,
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  Speaker 1: we didn't grow up with the Internet.
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  Speaker 2: We have it now, right, I'm glad. I knew life
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  Speaker 2: before where you had to sit around and wait for
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  Speaker 2: MTV to play that video, yes you.
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  Speaker 1: Did, and wait for your song we played. So people
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  Speaker 1: who grew up with the Internet missed out on some
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  Speaker 1: everyday experiences that used to be normal between before constant connectivity.
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  Speaker 1: For example, having to really research answers. I mean, now
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  Speaker 1: it's at your fingertips. You got Google. But back in
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  Speaker 1: our day, yeah, we had to dig through books. I
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  Speaker 1: had to go to the encyclopedias. I'd go to the library.
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  Speaker 2: I that's my brother, that's the smartest person in the
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  Speaker 2: room for some answer, is right.
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  Speaker 1: I used to love like microfiche. I used to love
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  Speaker 1: going to the library. Old news articles.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, those were fun.
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  Speaker 1: You can find those everywhere.
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  Speaker 2: You felt like you were like in a thriller movie. Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: discovering facts, calling friends instead of texting. I'm not saying
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  Speaker 2: that I missed this. Talking meant you picked up the
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  Speaker 2: phone and you chatted first. You know, you didn't have
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  Speaker 2: to send a text like hey, can I call you?
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  Speaker 1: And how about when the line was busy when you
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  Speaker 1: really wanted to talk to somebody, but.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, people used to put the phone off the hook.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that would happen too.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, sometimes I really wanted to talk to somebody, and
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  Speaker 1: this was before call waiting, and I would wait five
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  Speaker 1: minutes and then it would be busy, Wait another five minutes.
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  Speaker 1: It's like trying to get through the radio station.
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  Speaker 2: How long are they going to right?
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  Speaker 1: Right? Navigating without GPS, yeah, people relied on paper maps
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  Speaker 1: or directions. I grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I
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  Speaker 1: remember my sister moved to northern Virginia and she mailed
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  Speaker 1: us an envelope with the directions. Yeah, and it was
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  Speaker 1: more than just roads though, it was landmarks. Remember oh yeah,
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  Speaker 1: if you.
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  Speaker 2: Pass the McDonald's, you've gone too far. But yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that kind of thing. My dad used to call Triple
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  Speaker 2: A and then you would get the map books and
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  Speaker 2: we would map out our trips. Woweah, he loved a
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  Speaker 2: map ahead, really planning a fully unplugging after workers school
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  Speaker 2: working school responsibilities used to stay in the office sort of.
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  Speaker 2: Now they follow you home digitally, They really do.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, because you get home and you're on the couch,
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  Speaker 1: and what do you do? You open your email?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, and people expect a response because we're always available.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yep. Sharing a single family phone, most households had
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  Speaker 1: one landline. Everyone had to take turns using it.
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  Speaker 2: I'm on the phone, yeah, somebody would pick up. Yep,
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  Speaker 2: hang up, hang up, I'm not going to talk into you.
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  Speaker 2: Hang up. Can't listen to.
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  Speaker 1: Mark if you just tuned in. These are ten things
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  Speaker 1: people who grew up with the internet will never experience.
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  Speaker 2: You might be relieved as you hear these lists, but
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  Speaker 2: waiting longer for answers or responses communication was an instance.
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  Speaker 2: So patients was part of everyday life. You had to
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  Speaker 2: mail a letter and wait to hear from somebody sometimes.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, how about this one, Christine? Planning meetups without constant updates.
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  Speaker 1: People set rough plans and adjusted in person instead of
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  Speaker 1: texting minute by minute and their threads and who's in
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  Speaker 1: and who's out.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of had to trust that you would show up
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  Speaker 2: and then after a while give up. But yeah, being
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  Speaker 2: unreachable for long stretches doesn't that sound nice? It was
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  Speaker 2: normal to be out of contact for hours without anyone
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  Speaker 2: being concerned about you.
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  Speaker 1: How about relying on physical tools and media. Books, maps,
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  Speaker 1: paper notes, and other tangible items were essential parts of
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  Speaker 1: daily routines. Now you don't need the books as much.
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  Speaker 1: We touched on the maps. You don't really need those.
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  Speaker 2: We kind of missed some of the stuff too.
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  Speaker 1: I still love a good post it note, by the way.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I still write stuff down. It just stays
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  Speaker 2: in my head better if I've written it out for
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  Speaker 2: some reason, rather than just putting in on the phone.
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  Speaker 2: And the less that they share is having deeper focus
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  Speaker 2: on single activities without constant notifications. People are more used
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  Speaker 2: to long reading or concentrated tasks. Correct, very true. Haven't
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  Speaker 2: you noticed your attention span, even us as fully formed adults, right,
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  Speaker 2: is much shorter because we're so used to like quick hits.
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  Speaker 1: The whole time we've been talking.
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  Speaker 3: I saw four squirrels out the yeah, oh squirrel, Like
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  Speaker 3: I'm object all right. Add to the list ten things
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  Speaker 3: people who grew up with the Internet will never experience.
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  Speaker 1: You can text us at four four three sixty three.
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  Speaker 1: You can't do that. Back then. You couldn't text the
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  Speaker 1: radio station.
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  Speaker 2: That's true.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, call the radio station. All right, we're here for
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  Speaker 1: you and on the way. A trivia battle coming up.